Aldo Tura Furniture
One of the most enigmatic and polarizing figures to emerge in Italian design, Aldo Tura is an outlier in the world of mid-century furniture. The designer’s glamorous bar carts, coffee tables, cabinets and more resist categorization and draw inspiration from Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Baroque, Surrealist and modernist styles.
Tura moved through distinct phases in his career in terms of aesthetics, influences and finishes, rendering his life’s work exciting and diverse. Despite these phases, he held a singular devotion to one material: lacquered goatskin. Tura established a furniture production house in 1939 in Lombardy, and some of his early work focused on tables, decorative lamps and more. He later expanded to bar furnishings like rolling carts, cabinets and complementary barware accessories like ice buckets and cocktail shakers. The eccentric, gleaming and luxe surface of lacquered goatskin was a constant, along with eggshell, parchment and leather.
By the 1950s, Tura had begun to use hand-painted figural panels on the surface of cabinets, serveware (such as carafes) and other pieces. He even replicated famous works by artists like Monet and Bruegel the Elder and art from the Middle Ages, sometimes playfully embedding the paintings on cabinets shaped like oversize books. Even though he had a favored color palette of rich chocolate browns and deep emeralds, his style remained consistently hard to define.
Tura was unlike most of his Italian contemporaries but held a similar reverence for the nation’s traditional craftsmanship and artisanal techniques. He never followed the growing trend of mass-produced, industrial furniture and stuck to creating small, meticulously handcrafted collections. This principled choice means that today, a Tura piece is a rare and highly coveted collectible. The Tura firm continues to operate in Brianza, promoting Italian craftsmanship and the eclectic materials embraced by their namesake designer.
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Creator: Aldo Tura
Dealer: Coroto - Deubel D'Aubeterre GbR
Set of five Italian Mid-Century Modern high back dining chairs by Aldo Tura
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A set of five tall ladder-back dining chairs by Aldo Tura, circa 1950's. The chairs frames are made of gloss black ebonized wood and the backrests feature lacquered goatskin parchmen...
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Beige Italian Midcentury Bar Cabinet by Aldo Tura in Lacquered Goat Skin
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Absolutely stunning 'Calice' (wine glass) bar cabinet designed and produced by Aldo Tura in Italy, probably in the 1950s. The bar comes complete with the original serving tray and ic...
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Brown Mid-Century Modern Lacquered Goatskin and Brass Bar by Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
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This beautiful bar trolley was designed by Aldo Tura and produced in Italy in the 1970s. The piece offers a frame consisting of two angular side supports three goatskin wrapped trays with glass centres. The top two trays feature brass handles. The piece sits on brass wheels modeled after the steering wheel of a sailboat. Very good vintage condition. One screw of one wheel...
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Set of four Italian Mid-Century Modern High Back dining chairs by Aldo Tura
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A set of four tall ladder-back dining chairs by Aldo Tura, circa 1950's. The chairs frames are made of gloss black ebonized wood and the backrests feature lacquered goatskin parchmen...
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Mid-Century Modern Console Table Made of Laquered Goat Skin by Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
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Mid-Century Modern Console Table Made of Laquered Goat Skin by Aldo Turabdesigned by Aldo Tura and produced in Italy approximately in the 1970s.
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Mid-Century Modern Bedside Tables Made of Laquered Goat Skin by Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of beside tables or night stands designed by Aldo Tura and produced in Italy approximately in the 1970s.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Aldo Tura Furniture
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Aldo Tura furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Aldo Tura furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of animal skin and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Aldo Tura furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Aldo Tura were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Archimede Seguso, Seguso Vetri d'Arte, and Piero Fornasetti. Prices for Aldo Tura furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $202 and can go as high as $45,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,393.